Fred Anderson
1909–1918 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Buffalo Blues, New York Giants
180G
.131AVG
.161OBP
.157SLG
More career statistics
41H
0HR
12RBI
0SB
53–57W–L
986.1IP
514K
2.86ERA
114GS
8SV
5Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · At bats | 312 | 313 |
| Batting · Hits | 41 | 42 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 98 | 90 |
| Batting · RBI | 12 | 10 |
| Batting · Walks | 10 | 9 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 3,991 | 4,014 |
| Pitching · p er | 313 | 317 |
| Pitching · p hr | 22 | 23 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 2,959 | 2,948 |
| Pitching · p k | 514 | 522 |
| Pitching · p w | 247 | 237 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 180 | 336 | 312 | 17 | 41 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 98 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 49 | .131 | .161 | .157 | .318 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 986.3 | 178 | 114 | 62 | 53 | 57 | 8 | 912 | 415 | 313 | 22 | 247 | 514 | 0 | 0 | 2.86 | 1.175 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1914-05-09 to 1914-05-30
5longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Three Wild Pitches | 1915-08-13 | 1 in 273 games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | One-Hit Shutout | 1915-09-11 | 1 in 193 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 13 innings pitched | 1914-07-11 | 1 in 613 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 89 | 158 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 44 | .177 | .203 | .211 |
| Away | 91 | 178 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 46 | .096 | .107 | .114 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 10 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| May | 31 | 70 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 18 | .175 | .186 | .190 |
| June | 27 | 58 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 22 | .111 | .155 | .130 |
| July | 37 | 68 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | .177 | .206 | .210 |
| August | 33 | 53 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .096 | .094 | .135 |
| September | 36 | 56 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .130 | .143 | .148 |
| October | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 | .200 | .300 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| brooklyn-dodgers | 17 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| kansas-city-packers | 15 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .200 | .200 | .200 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 15 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .211 | .182 | .263 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 14 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | .111 | .100 | .111 |
| chicago-whales | 13 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .080 | .148 | .080 |
| chicago-cubs | 13 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 | .143 | .333 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 12 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .000 | .043 | .000 |
| cincinnati-reds | 12 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | .067 | .222 | .067 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1909 |  Boston Red Sox | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 8 | 5 |
| 1913 | Boston Red Sox | 10 | 20 | 1 | – | – | – | .050 | 57 | 33 |
| 1914 | BBBuffalo Blues | 39 | 92 | 17 | – | 3 | – | .185 | 259 | 145 |
| 1915 | BBBuffalo Blues | 36 | 81 | 12 | – | 2 | – | .148 | 240 | 148 |
| 1916 |  New York Giants | 38 | 58 | 8 | – | 3 | – | .138 | 188 | 98 |
| 1917 | New York Giants | 38 | 41 | 3 | – | 2 | – | .073 | 159 | 69 |
| 1918 | New York Giants | 18 | 19 | 1 | – | – | – | .053 | 70 | 24 |